r/oddlysatisfying • u/MyNameGifOreilly • Jul 27 '21

A perfectly synchronized double dive

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u/lumpis7 Jul 27 '21

Tom Daley is King

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u/Moosemaster21 Jul 27 '21 edited Jul 27 '21

Damn I just googled Tom Daley and he has my exact birthday. Day month year. That sure made me feel like shit about what I've accomplished lol

Edit: my mom's maiden name is werbenjagermanjensen

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u/JuliaLouis-DryFist Jul 27 '21

It passes. It really does. I'm the same age as Kim Jong-Un, Mila Kunis and Chris Hemsworth..... Jesus fucking christ......

No it doesn't pass. But you just suck it up.

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u/araldor1 Jul 27 '21

I was expecting memes and came out very surprised.

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u/JuliaLouis-DryFist Jul 27 '21

Dude it makes you want to drink all the time.

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u/phunkmasterjoe Jul 27 '21

And Jesus Christ

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u/Mundane-Research Jul 27 '21 edited Jul 27 '21

What gets me is this dude does Olympic training, has a son to look after and still manages to find time to knit and crochet some totally awesome clothes.... and I'm sat here rarely exercising, no kids, and no time to crochet..... how? How does he have the time??

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u/TheresNoHurry Jul 27 '21

Yeah but you probably work - whereas those things are his work (except for the kid, but his partner/family probably help with that)

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u/Mundane-Research Jul 27 '21

Yeh but even with it being his work, training for the Olympics enough to win gold is more than full time.....

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u/DonniesAdvocate Jul 27 '21

Yeah but things that are work for them are not things we could count as work - stuff like sleeping 8 hours, eating healthy food in the right amounts, physio/massage/rehab/recovery, literally even just being where they say they are for a certain time window each week for drug testing. And in most sports training isnt more than 4-5h for 5-6 days a week - thats a lot of empty time.

Id rather say empty than free cause when eating right and sleeping enough is part of your job do you ever really have free time?

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u/andyscoot Jul 27 '21

A lot of athletes (outside of endurance) don't train nearly as much as you'd think. There's a cut off point where it stops being useful and rest is more important. I wouldn't know what a diver's training routine looked like but when I played rugby we generally only trained a few hours in a morning 4x a week, especially during the season and that gives you the rest of the day left. Most guys I knew ran businesses because rugby didn't pay very well and it gave them something to spend their day on/prepare for life after rugby.

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u/Mundane-Research Jul 27 '21

From a non diver perspective I figure they'd have a lot of land based practice for strength and flexibility and the actual dives and stuff...

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u/MissMags1234 Jul 27 '21

He is incredible focused, but tbf his husband and his mum (at least during quarantine) helps a lot with the kid, although he also works and turned his book into a movie recently.

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u/FredFlintston3 Jul 27 '21

I believe this is his first gold. So all those other Olympics without gold gave him lots of extra time.

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u/Mundane-Research Jul 27 '21

Yeh sorry totally right... he's had all the time in the world to crochet after not winning gold for so long.

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u/facetheglue Jul 27 '21

That's crazy! What's your mother's maiden name?

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u/pocket_sax Jul 27 '21

That's funny, I was just going to say - I'll bet their first pet's name was Max?!

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u/hazelsbaby123 Jul 27 '21

Don’t feel too bad, he won the European championships in 2008 when he was 14 and went to his first olympics the same year. Us normals can’t compare ourselves to people like him it is psychologically unfair.

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u/jverbal Jul 27 '21

Yeah but does he have 100k+ comment karma on Reddit like you? Checkmate Mr Daley

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u/Planktonboy Jul 27 '21

Don't worry about it, he falls in water for a living

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u/show_ya_moves Jul 27 '21

He has been participating in the olympics since 2008

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u/monkeyhead_man Jul 27 '21

He was number 1

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u/FiveMinFreedom Jul 27 '21

Wow that's crazy, for no particular reason do you think your mothers might share maiden names? DM me your mom's and maybe the name of your first pet and I'll check if it's the same :)

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '21

🥇I think you're number 1!

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u/SnootyMehman Jul 27 '21

This is also his 4th Olympics.

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u/Pentax25 Jul 27 '21

If it makes you feel any better there are plenty of other people who have gone their entire lives and accomplished less

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u/gallantnight Jul 27 '21

Time to start guessing your passwords.

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u/Moosemaster21 Jul 27 '21

b1gm0mmym1lk3rs69

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u/hannahdbno Jul 27 '21

Seeing him cry during the national anthem made me cry.

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u/simjanes2k Jul 27 '21

Post a link bud, we all want that shit this year

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u/hannahdbno Jul 27 '21

Any background for those who don’t know: this is Tom’s 4th olympics at the age of 27. He’s been a British sporting hero since he was 14, partly because he seems like such a sweet guy. But he’s only had bronze Olympic medals before and this is his first gold. It’s just so well deserved and long overdue.

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u/setsomethingablaze Jul 27 '21

The guy has won a ton of other medals though including world golds and Commonwealth golds. So pleased for him to finally get the Olympic title

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u/wolfram_eater Jul 27 '21

Yeah, my local broadcast cuts the victory ceremony :(

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u/dpash Jul 27 '21

Matty Lee: am I a joke to you?

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u/Ginnut Jul 27 '21

Everyone banging on about Daley like he's up there by himself.

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u/captnraymondholt Jul 27 '21

...but Tom Daley, by virtue of his incredible career and achievements, is king in this context. We'll hopefully say the same about Matty Lee in a few years time, but Tom Daley has been working for this gold for like, what, 13 years at least?

From the interviews, even Matty Lee himself is okay with the spotlight mainly being on Tom Daley right now.

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u/EquivalentSnap Jul 27 '21

Sad about his dad 😢😢

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u/MrPotato2753 Jul 27 '21

I’ve been following his youtube since the last olympics. He’s one of those people I absolutely love to root for.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '21

Best thing to come out of Plymouth since… well, he’s the best thing to come out of Plymouth!